Links
Essential things:
Important Internet Things:
| JPEG
2000 |
The newest version of the JPEG standard. The name
should give you some kind of idea how long this has been in the
works. Compression much better then JPEG's, and potentially lossless
too! It is possible that, one day, Hidden Glade will move to this
format. |
| SVG |
Scalable Vector Graphics. Another format HG may move
to some day. Like Flash, but non-proprietary, and
oh-so-editable. You can create SVG images in Notepad if you know
what you're doing! You should check into downloading the Adobe
browser plug-in. |
Really cool things:
| Ramble
House |
Former LOADSTAR Managing
Editor Fender Tucker publishes the out-of-print and, often,
never-published work of Harry Stephen Keeler. Some think these are
among the worst novels ever written, but some prefer to refer to his work
as "eccentric fiction." They sure got that right. |
| Lockergnome |
Entertaining, accessible e-newsletter for ordinary users. |
| Everything |
One of the flat-out hippest web spots of all time. My
writeups there are all written by user "Milen."
In particular, I hope you check out "What Would Cthulhu Do?" |
| Slashdot |
The ultimate geek website. |
Comic sites worth a person's time:
| Zippy
the Pinhead |
Zow! |
| explodingdog |
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| The Parking
Lot is Full |
Not kid-friendly. For those so jaded that even
The Far Side passes beneath their hip radar. |
| Rat
and Guy |
Has a certain "Dr. Katz"-ish charm to its art
style, and has a solid comedic voice. (As penance for saying that
something has a "solid comedic voice," I have been directed to slip
on a banana peel twenty times.) |
| Elf Life |
Another strip with fairies, although with vastly different
context and focus. Its creator is a confirmed DHB (Decent Human
Being). |
| Shadowfall |
Science-fiction story realized on the web in a graphic novel
format. (Mature audiences.) |
| Makeshift
Miracle |
Very well-drawn, and extremely popular even coming out of
the gate. In addition, it seems like it just might touch upon some
of the same ideas as Hidden Glade. |
| Webcomics |
A large comic directory with many, many listings.
Sorts strips by frequency. |
| Onlinecomics.net |
A small, but growing, comic directory. Sorts strips by
genre. Seems to have some newer things. |
Funny.
| Brunching
Shuttlecocks |
The most consistently funny humor site on the Internet. |
| The Onion |
The funniest site on the Internet. (Which of these
words are not like the others?) |
Used to produce the strip (and site):
| CorelDRAW! |
A very reasonable value for the price, especially when you
get the Graphics Suite, and considering the frankly idiotic prices Adobe
charges for their software, may they writhe in eternal mild discomfort. |
| The GIMP |
An even more reasonable value for the price, in this case
being free. Were there only a comparable open source vector and
tracing program, and if only my cheapo scanner worked under Linux, and
even Corel would not have made this list. |
| Frontpage |
Okay, I admit it. I use, and actually like, Microsoft
Frontpage. I could do all the HTML for the site myself, yes.
But I spend enough time each week working on the strip. If it makes
you feel better, if there were a good open source alternative (and it has
to be WYSIWYG) to it I would readily switch over. Let me know when
you find one, 'kay? |
Miscellaneous
If this is not madness enough for you, then by all means,
stand at attention for the Parade!
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